Chapter 102: Dismounting
Could it be that the whole village has become like this?
Those Loulan people are really crazy.
It seems that there is no way to live here.
Ji Rufei watched his horse being gnawed out of the white bones, and the unknown thing that was withdrawn from his stomach made Ji Rufei slightly disgusted, and turned around and left the village.
Simply outside the village, there was a farmhouse, which was covered with dust and cobwebs, which should have been the hunter's temporary house, and it seemed that no one had lived there for a long time.
Finally had a place to shelter from the rain, Ji Rufei lit a fire, baked his clothes wet from the rain, and kept thinking about what had just happened in his mind.
Along the way, they were deceived by the blindfolds of those Loulan people, and they don't know where they are now, let alone where those Loulan people are now, if they really want to cross the border to the country of Ying, then they don't have to go to such great lengths to do so.
After crossing the border, trying to chase after it is not intended to provoke war.
But they didn't do it, meaning they had another purpose?
Ji Rufei looked at the crackling fire and thought about it intently.
"Hmph, what a bunch of self-righteous guys..."Ji Rufei suddenly muttered to himself.
Their faces slowly became serious, it seemed that they were using loneliness to disintegrate Nan Chu from within, if this matter was not stopped as soon as possible, more people would be reduced to what they had just been.
If the number is huge, the consequences are simply unimaginable.
It is estimated that the holy decree on the side of the capital is almost in the hands of Meng Qi, and Meng Qi will definitely send troops to find Chu Jinshi, find Meng Qi before the holy decree, and assist him in winning this great credit.
In the face of powerful people, when the time comes, you must learn to give up the credit.
The sound of the rain outside gradually subsided, and it was only at dawn that it completely stopped.
The two guards who had gone out to find out the news also rushed back.
They brought back a very important piece of news.
"Lord Wang, if you go straight to the west, you can go directly to the place where General Meng is, our path has gone astray."
Another person brought the news, "The nearby villages have all turned into corpses, and in one of the villages, traces of those Loulan remnants were found, and they seemed to have clashed with the corpses, and there were traces of a fight at the scene." ”
This is interesting, Ji Rufei asked, "Nest is anti?" Or what the hell is Chu Jinshi doing? ”
"There was no trace of King Xun."
The scene was so chaotic that there were corpses everywhere, and it was nice to find a little clue.
It was not found but it was not ruled out, if Chu Jinshi ran out, what would happen to him?
Ji Rufei walked out of the house, glanced at the still cloudy sky on the horizon, and instructed the two people behind him: "You set off immediately, ambush on the way to the first line of heaven to Hanlin Pass, no matter who it is, irrelevant people, kill them, and the people sent by the capital will drag them down." ”
"Yes."
The three of them began to set off, and Ji Rufei took the light skills to the extreme, and quickly moved towards the direction of Hanlin Pass.
A line of heaven is the only way to Hanlin Pass.
Retreat can be defended, advance can be attacked, this is also the reason why General Meng Qi has won more and lost less over the years.
It took almost less than a day for Ji Rufei to arrive at the gate of the city where Meng Qi was stationed.
"Who's coming?"
Ji Rufei made a series respectfully, and said loudly: "Nanyang Ji Rufei." ”
The general's attitude at the city gate changed slightly, "Wait a minute, wait for your subordinates to report to the general." ”
When the general went down, there was no movement.
The sky was overcast and overcast.
A slight cool wetness hit his face, and it was raining again.
Ji Rufei still stood there calmly.
This is half an hour.
Although it was a drizzle, after half an hour, Ji Rufei's clothes were already half-wet, the broken hair on his forehead was wet on his forehead, and there were also a lot of small droplets of water hanging on his long eyelashes, and the droplets of water slipped down his handsome side face drop by drop.
Finally, the heavy gate slowly opened, and the sound of horses' hooves came from inside.
Meng Qi was dressed in armor and rode a majestic iron horse, and rushed out of the city gate.
The sassy figure circled around Ji Rufei, splashing countless small splashes.
Meng Qi walked out of the team, his hard face was not angry but mighty, he came to Ji Rufei and looked up and down, and said in a rough voice: "You are Ji Rufei, the son of Nanyang?" ”
Ji Rufei raised his head, looked at Meng Qi and said sincerely: "Yes, I have heard the general's reputation for a long time, and it is really extraordinary when I see it today." ”
No one in the world knows that it is Ji Rufei who is in charge of Nanyang now, and Meng Qi deliberately added the name of a prince, just to give him a person to dismount, and the irony can be understood as soon as he hears it.
However, Ji Rufei can bear it, after all, he has a request for others now.
Meng Qi laughed twice and said, "I didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to come to a place like the border, and go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, let's talk about it, what's the matter with me!" ”
"The general is a cheerful man." Ji Rufei looked at the people around him, and said pointedly: "General, the heavens are not beautiful, and it is not a good time to speak." ”
"yes, it's raining."
Meng Qi nodded, as if he had just noticed the rain, and Meng Qi said again: "Little Lord Ji, why don't you go into the city and drink a cup of warm tea?" ”
"The best."
Although I ate a dismount at the door, I was finally welcomed in, took a shower with good treatment, changed into a new set of clothes, and washed away the tiredness of Ji Rufei before I felt that the physical discomfort gradually disappeared.
didn't have time to rest, Ji Rufei directly found Meng Qi.
"It seems that Ji Xiaowangye's affairs are really urgent."
"It's about the dawn people, and we have to be in a hurry."
Meng Qi became interested at this time, and said: "I heard that there is a group of remnants of Loulan who are doing mischief in the territory of Southern Chu, could it be related to them?" ”
"Yes, but it's related to him." It seems that Meng Qi knew the purpose of coming this time, and the dismounts he gave were all deliberate, for what, Ji Rufei calmly faced the first fierce general of Nanchu in front of him: "Did the general hear that His Royal Highness King Xun was also taken captive by them." ”
"King Xun?" Meng Qi picked the stubble on his chin and thought for a while: "But that idle prince in the capital, who is idle and unlearned, the fourth son of the emperor?" ”
Ji Rufei nodded: "That's right, it's him." ”
However, that is not a real idleness, Chu Jinshi's person is actually very thoughtful.
Otherwise, he would not have stood out in the matter of Chu Xuanting.
Ji Rufei said again: "I think, in a few days, the holy decree from the capital will come over and let General Meng Qi deal with the matter of the remnants of Loulan this time." ”
"It's just a few Loulan remnants." As he spoke, Meng Qi looked at Ji Rufei with questioning eyes and said, "However, why did you come to inform General Ben of this matter first?" ”
Ji Rufei had expected that Meng Qi would ask like this, and Meng Qi was naturally no better than other fierce generals who had no plans and no plans, so he should be careful to deal with it.
"I can't hide it, my sister once had the poison of Loulan's remnants, it was His Royal Highness King Xun who sacrificed himself to save his little sister, this favor can't help but return, of course, things happened under my nose, and I can't ignore it."
"What Ji Xiaowang said is very true."
"Those Loulan remnants turned the people of Nanchu into corpses with Gu poison, corpses don't feel pain, they don't know hunger, if such a team is huge, it may even threaten the survival of Dao Nanchu, instead of waiting for the holy decree to come down, it is better to solve this matter first, this kind of merit is more thankful than after stopping the holy decree."
Meng Qi understood what Ji Rufei meant, it was nothing more than to push the boat down the river to give him a credit, and then take the opportunity to get closer to him.
Meng Qi didn't reply, just picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it one by one.
Ji Rufei was not in a hurry, changed the topic and asked, "I don't know what the prince thinks about the harem changes that happened in the capital this time." ”
"There are opinions, but some are not ashamed, as a courtier, there are some things that should not be said." Meng Qi smiled and waved his hand, and did not answer Ji Rufei's question directly.
Even if he is far away on the border, he still has spies in the capital, and he knows some about it, but he doesn't really see it, and Meng Qi just laughed when he heard the news.
Meng Qi's answer was also within Ji Rufei's expectations, but listening to the meaning of his words, he had a bit of a prejudice against the affairs of the capital, Ji Rufei said: "In the end, the general is guarding the frontier so hard, is it for someone, or for Nanchu, the whole country?" ”
"Nature is the country!" Meng Qi didn't think about it for a moment, and answered directly.
"That's it." Ji Rufei curled the corners of his lips and smiled, and poured a full glass of wine for Meng Qi with his own hands, "That's all the words, the general will decide on his own." ”
Meng Qi thoughtfully drank a glass of wine pushed over by Ji Rufei, two thick eyebrows frowned, Huo Ran got up and said, "Zhangwu!" Gather 300 elite ironclad soldiers and set off early tomorrow morning! ”
Later, he bowed his head and said to Ji Rufei: "Ji Xiaowangye, you and I are both understanding people, you have your ambitions, I have my loyalty, the trust between the two of us is limited to this, I want to fill your power, and the future cooperation depends on your sincerity." ”
Ji Rufei bowed slightly, "This, this king knows it." ”
It would be nice if Meng Qi was really so easy to woo, but he had a good start, and he didn't worry that there would be no good development in the future, or even a good ending.
Of course, all assumptions are utopian, Ji Rufei didn't think so far, let's see what Chu Jin will do now.
"Tell me everything you know."
Ji Rufei nodded as a matter of course: "This is natural, I don't know if the general can lend me a map." ”
When a map was placed in front of Ji Rufei's eyes, a very uneasy feeling appeared in his heart.
Meng Qi saw him staring at the map in a daze, and urged with a frowning voice: "Little Lord Ji, listen to me soon, I can arrange a strategy." ”
Ji Rufei came back to his senses at this time, and drew the news he got along the way on the map step by step.
He stepped back from the dead end, assuming that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect might have to take several routes, marking the corpsed villages one by one, and then connecting them together.
Then, Ji Rufei and Meng Qi discovered at the same time.
"Could it be that their target is Nanyang?!"